Financial assistance is given every year during the breeding season when the fishermen refrain from venturing to sea.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and YSRCP chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. (Supplied)
The Andhra Pradesh government on Tuesday disbursed ₹124 crore into the bank accounts of 1.2 lakh fishermen families under the ‘YSR Matsyakara Bharosa’ scheme as financial assistance during the breeding season between 15 April and 14 June when they refrain from venturing to sea.
Every year during the marine fishing ban period, the coastal state restricts fishermen from going into the Bay of Bengal to fish enabling the fish to breed, lay eggs and multiply.
“We have started ‘YSR Matsyakara Bharosa’ with the noble idea of avoiding any trouble to fishermen who cannot go into the sea during the ban period. For the families of my fishermen brothers who reposed their faith on the sea,” Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said at a public meeting in Nizampatnam town of Bapatla district after the latest instalment of the government scheme was distributed to the beneficiaries.
Besides the aid of ₹10,000 per family under the programme that is into its fifth year now, the chief minister also formally credited ₹108 crore into the bank accounts of over 23,000 fishermen from Konaseema district who lost their livelihood due to pipeline works taken up by public sector unit ONGC.
Till now, the government has deposited a total of ₹538 crore under the ‘YSR Matsyakara Bharosa’ scheme to the families in five years.
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